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Knowledge Unlatched: Toward An Open And Networked Future For Academic Publishing, Frances Pinter, Lucy Montgomery
Knowledge Unlatched: Toward An Open And Networked Future For Academic Publishing, Frances Pinter, Lucy Montgomery
Charleston Library Conference
Specialist book length publications in the humanities and social sciences (including but not exclusively monographs) are experiencing a crisis. It is clear that the current publishing system is failing both the producers and users of scholarship and neglects many of the opportunities associated with networked culture.
This paper introduces Knowledge Unlatched (www.knowledgeunlatched.org), which aims to improve the efficiency of markets for scholarly books.
Keeping The Momentum: Moving Ahead With Research Data Support, Hilary Davis, Steve Morris, Barrie Hayes
Keeping The Momentum: Moving Ahead With Research Data Support, Hilary Davis, Steve Morris, Barrie Hayes
Charleston Library Conference
From June 2011 to early 2012 the NCSU Libraries and the UNC Libraries took part in the ARL/DLF E-Science Institute to frame a strategic agenda for supporting research data management and its broader e-science needs at our universities. We conducted an environmental scan, interviewed key researchers and administrators, and participated in capstone meetings with peer institutions. Our two institutions represent two strategies with varying degrees of divergence and convergence. At the NCSU Libraries, with no repository explicitly designed for research data, we are focusing on developing a portfolio of services and partnerships to create a “campus collaborative” of experts, tools, …